Waters v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following is the finding referred to in the opinion of the court: The practice of reducing the allowances made to district attorneys for counsel fees by the courts first began about 1878, when Attorney-General Devens issued the following circular: “Department op Justice, “ Washington,-, 1878. “-, Esq., “ United States Attorney, District of-; “ Sir : Your attention is invited to the concluding clause of section 824 of the Revised…
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following is the finding referred to in the opinion of the court: The practice of reducing the allowances made to district attorneys for counsel fees by the courts first began about 1878, when Attorney-General Devens issued the following circular: “Department op Justice, “ Washington,-, 1878. “-, Esq., “ United States Attorney, District of-; “ Sir : Your attention is invited to the concluding clause of section 824 of the Revised Statutes of the United States permitting an allowance not exceeding $30, in addition to the other legal fees of the United…
1Opinion of the Court
Richardson, Oh. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The claimant was United States district attorney for the eastern district of Arkansas.
In that capacity there were tried by him, before a jury, twenty-two indictments for crimes, in each of which a conviction was had.
Sections 823 and 824 of the Revised Statutes prescribe the compensation to be “taxed and allowed to attorneys, solicitors, and proctors in the courts of the United States, to district attorneys, clerks of the Circuit and District Courts, marshals, commissioners, witnesses, jurors, and printers in the several States and…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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